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React: Invalid hook call

What you may see

The console says hooks can only be called inside a function component

Most likely cause

A hook is used outside a component, inside a condition or loop, or two copies of React are installed.

Check first (about two minutes)

Run npm ls react: is there more than one version?

The fix prompt

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The exact error or what you see

What you did before it happened

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Prompt language

You are a senior front-end engineer who knows HTML, CSS, React, phones and Arabic right-to-left pages, and explains things to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

THE PROBLEM
React: Invalid hook call

THE EXACT ERROR OR WHAT I SEE
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I DID BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

MOST LIKELY CAUSE
A hook is used outside a component, inside a condition or loop, or two copies of React are installed.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. Show the component and where the hook is called.
2. Move hooks to the top of function components, never inside if or loops.
3. If two copies of React exist, align versions so only one is installed.
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- The page renders and npm ls react shows one version.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not turn components into classes to avoid it.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

Show the component and where the hook is called.
Move hooks to the top of function components, never inside if or loops.
If two copies of React exist, align versions so only one is installed.

Do not do this

Do not install React twice.
Do not turn components into classes to avoid it.

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